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June 28, 2014: Aereo Shuts Down

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Aereo
Aereo

2014 – Trying to be the first provider of over-the-air channels, Aereo was told to shut down completely after a supreme court decision went against the company.

The idea was simple – take the over-the-air network channels and offer them on the Internet. Based in New York, the company opened services in 24 different cities. You could only watch the programming of your area on your PC, Mac or Linux. There were around 28 channels you could choose from and pricing was simply $1 a day.

Aereo was faced with many legal issues, including the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition act. The rebroadcast through the service undermined cable re-transmission fees.

It was also a wake-up call as after the fact, many cable providers started offering live streaming options.

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  • 1999 – HydraBBS software was released
  • Williamette – a.k.a. Pentium 4 – is announced
  • AMD files antitrust suit against Intel
  • Motorola introduces the 16 MHz 68020 processor
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Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM)

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June 21, 1948: Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine Runs First Program

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Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM)
Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM)

1948 – What was first expected to be a practical use computer, the SSEM, or Small-Scale Experimental Machine became the first stored-program computer. Basically, it stores program instructions into it’s electronic memory. This 32-bit word length, cathode-ray tube computer was designed to only run subtraction and negation through hardware. Other functions could be run, but only through software.

The first program was run on this day. It was written by Professor Tom Kilbum. The seventeen-instruction stored-program took 52 minutes to run. The program was tasked to find the highest proper factor of 218 (262,144).

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  • Start of the Summer Solstice
  • Congress Robot Caucus
  • SSEM runs first program
  • Final Cut Pro 10 was released to very negative reviews
  • Google and Nest Acquire Dropcam
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June 20, 2014: Smartphone Kill Switch

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2014 – Microsoft and Google agree to the Kill switch technology. In a California bill SB-967, Smartphones built after July 1, 2015 will consist of a hardware or software option to “kill” the phone. Further, a $500 to $2,500 fine will be issued to anyone selling a stolen phone.

Once switched, the device will not be able to turn on, even during a hard reset.

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  • 1926 – First wireless phone is demonstrated
  • 1989 – Lotus 1-2-3 version 3.0 is released
  • 2000 – IBM 1GB Microdrive
  • 2003 – Wikimedia Foundation is founded
  • 2009 – Nokia purchases Nortel
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Aereo

Day in Tech History

June 28, 2014: Aereo Shuts Down

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Aereo
Aereo

2014 – Trying to be the first provider of over-the-air channels, Aereo was told to shut down completely after a supreme court decision went against the company.

The idea was simple – take the over-the-air network channels and offer them on the Internet. Based in New York, the company opened services in 24 different cities. You could only watch the programming of your area on your PC, Mac or Linux. There were around 28 channels you could choose from and pricing was simply $1 a day.

Aereo was faced with many legal issues, including the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition act. The rebroadcast through the service undermined cable retransmission fees.

It was also a wake-up call as after the fact, many cable providers started offering live streaming options.

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  • 1999 – HydraBBS software was released
  • Williamette – a.k.a. Pentium 4 – is announced
  • AMD files antitrust suit against Intel
  • Motorola introduces the 16 MHz 68020 processor
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Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM)

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June 21, 1948: Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine Runs First Program

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Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM)
Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM)

1948 – What was first expected to be a practical use computer, the SSEM, or Small-Scale Experimental Machine became the first stored-program computer. Basically, it stores program instructions into it’s electronic memory. This 32-bit word length, cathode-ray tube computer was designed to only run subtraction and negation through hardware. Other functions could be run, but only through software.

The first program was run on this day. It was written by Professor Tom Kilbum. The seventeen-instruction stored-program took 52 minutes to run. The program was tasked to find the highest proper factor of 218 (262,144).

Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for June 21

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  • Start of the Summer Solstice
  • Congress Robot Caucus
  • SSEM runs first program
  • Final Cut Pro 10 was released to very negative reviews
  • Google and Nest Acquire Dropcam
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June 20, 2014: Smartphone Kill Switch

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Microsoft Logo
Microsoft

2014 – Microsoft and Google agree to the Kill switch technology. In a California bill SB-967, Smartphones built after July 1, 2015 will consist of a hardware or software option to “kill” the phone. Further, a $500 to $2,500 fine will be issued to anyone selling a stolen phone.

Once switched, the device will not be able to turn on, even during a hard reset.

Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for June 20

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  • 1926 – First wireless phone is demonstrated
  • 1989 – Lotus 1-2-3 version 3.0 is released
  • 2000 – IBM 1GB Microdrive
  • 2003 – Wikimedia Foundation is founded
  • 2009 – Nokia purchases Nortel
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Intel Pentium III

Day in Tech History/ Intel

February 26, 1999: Intel Pentium III

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Intel Pentium III
Intel Pentium III

1999 – Intel introduces the Pentium III processor. This is based on the sixth generation P6 microarchitecture. The 32-bit x86 “Katmai” (code-name) had a 250 nanometer core, added 2 million more transistors (9.5 million total), improved the L1 cache and followed the cartridge architecture of the Pentium II.

Pentium III processors included Coppermine in 2000, and Tualatin in 2001. Processor speeds went from 450 MHz to 1.4 GHz with a 100-133 front side bus. It also ran IA-32, MMX and SSE instruction sets.

The processor was ultimately was replaced with the Pentium 4 in 2000.

Editors note: This was first thought to be an event on Feb 10, 1999 but proven incorrect. We have made necessary changes with the correct date. 

Wikazine – Full show notes for February 26

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  • 3Com announces they will acquire US Robotics
  • WorldWideWeb is born
  • Yahoo launches Buzz
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JOSS

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February 11, 1966: JOSS Taken Down

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JOSS
JOSS

1966 – The JOHNNIAC Open Shop System (JOSS) was taken down by the RAND Corporation. JOSS was set up to relive bottlenecks in programming batches and was based on the von Neumann architecture. This machine was noted for being used continuously from 1953 to 1966. Eventually, newer ideas pretty much took JOSS to the limit and the computer would start to be a big bottleneck. Eventually, JOSS was taken offline indefinitely.

JOHNNIAC stands for the John Neumann Numerical Integrator and Automatic Computer.

Wikazine – Full show notes for February 11

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  • Digital Computers discontinues the Rainbow
  • CRUX Linux 0.5.3 Released
  • Starbucks announces they will switch from T-Mobile to AT&T at their stores.
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